flighty

英 ['flaɪtɪ] 美
  • adj. 轻浮的;轻狂的;心情浮动的

词态变化


比较级: flightier;最高级: flightiest;

中文词源


flighty 轻浮的

来自flight, 飞行。引申义浮在空中的,轻浮的。

英文词源


flighty (adj.)
1550s, "swift," from flight (n.1) + -y (2). Sense of "fickle or frivolous" is from 1768, perhaps from notion of "given to 'flights' of imagination." Related: Flightiness.

双语例句


1. He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.
他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. She is too flighty to take care of young children.
她太不负责任,不能照顾小孩.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.
伊莎贝尔是一个轻佻的小傻瓜,自负而又反复无常。

来自辞典例句

4. 'she was never flighty like you.
" 她从来不像你这样胡思乱想.

来自飘(部分)

5. Lydhate paraded flighty , foreign notions which would not wear.
利德盖特是在卖弄自己那些轻率的 、 经不起时间考验的外国观念.

来自辞典例句